WEBVTT WHITNEY: WE ACTUALLY SAW BAGS OFCHICKENS UNDER THIS TREE WHEN WESHOWED APPEARED TODAY.ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL SAYSTHIS IS NOT A SHOCKING TREND.THEY SAY THEY HAVE SEEN THISHERE IN THIS SPOT BEFORE.>> THIS MORNING WE HAD FIVE BAGSOF DEAD ROOSTERS, CHICKENS UPAGAINST PALM TREES IN THE SAMELOCATION THAT WE'VE RESPONDED TOABOUT 20 TIMES IN THE LAST 12MONTHS.WHITNEY: IN LESS THAN TWOMONTHS, MORE NEARLY NINE ANIMALSMUTILATED IN PALM BEACH COUNTY.MOST CASES APPEAR TO BERELIGIOUS.ANIMAL CARE AND CONTROL CAPTAINDAVE WALESKY SAYS HE CAN TELL BYTHE WAY THE ANIMAL ISSLAUGHTERED.>> A LOT OF THESE ANIMALS ARESTILL INTACT.IT'S NOT LIKE SOMEBODY ATE THEMAND THIS IS WHAT'S LEFT BEHIND.THEY'RE CUTTING THE HEADS OFF,THEY'RE LEAVING THEM IN BAGS ANDLEAVING THEM WITH VARIOUS OTHERITEMS.WHITNEY: IN THE FEW BLOCKSBETWEEN FOREST HILL BOULEVARDAND LAKE WORTH ROAD, DISTURBINGDISCOVERIES.JUST LAST WEEK THIS LITTLE GOAWAS FOUND WANDERING AROUND THEAREA WITH A BAG AROUND ITS NECK,A POUCH WITH HERBS MONEY ANDANIMAL GUTS INSIDE.>> PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED.ARE YOU WISHING ME HARM WHEN YOULEAVE IT ON MY PROPERTY?WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO THEM?WHITNEY: BUT WALESKY SAYSDUMPING A CARCASS IN A PUBLICAREA ISN'T JUST UNSETTLING, IT'SA VIOLATION OF A STATE LAW.>> WE RECOGNIZE THAT THERE'S ALOT OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM THATGOES INTO THIS STUFF AND THEYHAVE THE RIGHT TO DO SOME OFTHIS, BUT THE PEOPLE THAT LIVEIN THESE COMMUNITIES HAVE THERIGHT NOT TO BE EXPOSED TO DEADANIMALS ROTTING AWAY ON THEIRPROPERTY.WHITNE THEY SAY IF THEY FOUNDSOMEONE DOING THIS THAN THEYWOULD PRESS CHARGES, BUT THEYWOULD ACTUALLY HAVE TO FIND